Most participants are accommodated in the Original Sokos Hotel Viru (conf. venue), but also in the Tallinn Hotel Euroopa, Paadi Str. 5 (10 min walk to the conference venue) and in the Tallinn Seaport Hotel, Uus-Sadama Str. 23 (15 min walk to the conference venue).

Bus No 2 takes you easily from the airport to the Viru Hotel, the Hotel Euroopa and most city-centre hotels (stop A. Laikmaa (after stop Tornimäe), ca 18 minutes, 2 Euro). If you stay in the Tallinn Seaport Hotel, then you have to take the next stop called Reisisadam D-terminaal (from the airport it takes max 20 min). The Viru Hotel is behind the shopping centre Viru Keskus.

Schedule of Bus No 2: https://soiduplaan.tallinn.ee/#bus/2/a-b/en; a ticket purchased from the driver (at the price of 2 €) will grant you the right for one ride. You can only use cash to buy a ticket from the driver of public transport vehicle. Taxi Airport – Hotel Viru is about 8-10 euros.

Attention:

On Sunday, July 2 at 8:00 – 15:00 the city centre (Vabaduse Square, Pärnu Road, Viru Square, Narva Road) is closed to public transportation and any traffic due to the Procession of the 12th Youth Song and Dance Celebration (http://2017.laulupidu.ee/en/).

Registration Desk for SampTA

Open in Hotel Viru:

on Sunday, July 2 at 18:00 – 22:00;

on Monday, July 3 at 8:00 – 9:00;

also on most of the following conference days.

At the registration, please pick up your conference badge and other materials, settle open bills, confirm your participation in social events, get assistance, etc. Please have in mind that late/additional payments can only be made in cash, we cannot process credit card payments!

For those who have paid for the meal plans (18 euro/meal), the meals will be served in the Hotel Viru, restaurant Merineitsi. As an alternative, we suggest to walk along the Narva Road, in the direction opposite to Old town, and visit St. Patrick (Narva Road 5), Plaza Sushi Bar (Narva Road 6), Kohvik Narva (Narva Road 10) or Lime Buffet One (Parda Str. 4, perpendicular to Narva Road, opposite to Kohvik Narva)

Activities: Welcome drink, light dinner, SampTA 2017 group photo in the forecourt, meeting with the representative of the US Embassy Tallinn, presentation of the IEEE Estonia, pibroch sound-back (bagpipe music).

Location: The storehouses that were built between the 1870s and World War I by an influential merchant in Tallinn, Joachim Christian Koch, have found new content and use. One of the rooms of the storehouse accommodates now the tavern “Kochi Ait” that seats 200 people and is characterised by Estonian folk style. (http://www.kochiaidad.ee/?go=kochi_ait_trahter)